laurence collyer playing electric, acoustic and treated guitars, effects, banjo, lap steel, box harp, zither, piano, organ, casios, omnichord, harmonium, shruti box, radios, tapes, melodicas, percussion, bells, glockenspiel, electronics, found sounds, field recordings, voice, harmonicas.

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Laurence manages to silence rooms with his mixture of ominous lyrics, creaking slow-motion guitar and a hint of violence. - New Folk Review

this is haunting, intense, spectral folk but with a distinctly British sound⦠Laurence Collyer's diamond family archive is a unique, revolving ensemble, centering around his ghostly, deeply emotive songwriting. imagine Mark Kozelek's haunting folk with elements of Robert Wyatts heart wrenching vocals combined with Collyer's beautiful songs this is a truly great disc - Rough Trade

A true highlight from this years home game! - Fence records

Strange and tender songs built around layered loops of live guitar, lap steel and electronica. Leftfield, oddball and gorgeous, a beautiful and fragile noise and sublime lo-fi melancholia - Stolen Recordings

Laurence's odd, personal lyrical observations beguile and bewilder. Music rarely comes more atmospheric than this. the diamond family archive; if you have yet to see them, prepare to be stunned. - The Gilded Palace Of Sin

This is his first release on Electronic Musik

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